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Apple, Mac, OS X, iOS

Boot Camp, iPhone (iPad), iTunes, MacOS downloads

Table of Mac OS Versions, names, dates

Version Number Codename Release Date End of Support Date
macOS 26 2025-09- 202x
macOS 15 Sequoia 2024-09-16 2027-09
macOS 14 Sonoma 2023-09-26 2026-09
macOS 13 Ventura 2022-10-24 2025-10
macOS 12 Monterey 2021-10-25 2024-09-16
macOS 11 Big Sur 2020-11-12 2023-09-26
macOS 10.15 Catalina 2019-10-07 2022-09-12
macOS 10.14 Mojave 2018-09-24 2021-10-25
macOS 10.13 High Sierra 2017-09-25 2020-12-01
macOS 10.12 Sierra 2016-09-20 2019-10-01
OS X 10.11 El Capitan 2015-09-30 2018-12-01
OS X 10.10 Yosemite 2014-10-16 2017-08-01
OS X 10.9 Mavericks 2013-10-22 2016-12-01
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 2012-07-25 2015-08-13
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion 2011-07-20 2012-10-04
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard 2009-08-28 2011-07-25
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 2007-10-26 2009-08-13
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger 2005-04-29 2007-11-14
Mac OS X 10.3 Panther 2003-10-24 2005-04-15
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar 2002-08-24 2003-10-03
Mac OS X 10.1 Puma 2001-09-25 2002-06-06
Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah 2001-03-24 2001-06-22
Version Number Release Date End of Support Date
iOS 26 2025-09- N/A
iOS 18 2024-09-16 N/A
iOS 17 2023-09-18 2024-09-16
iOS 16 2022-09-12 2023-09-18
iOS 15 2021-09-20 2022-09-12
iOS 14 2020-09-16 2021-09-20
iOS 13 2019-09-19 2020-09-16
iOS 12 2018-09-17 2019-09-19
iOS 11 2017-09-19 2018-09-17
iOS 10 2016-09-13 2017-09-19
iOS 9 2015-09-16 2016-09-13
iOS 8 2014-09-17 2015-09-16
iOS 7 2013-09-18 2014-09-17
iOS 6 2012-09-19 2013-09-18
iOS 5 2011-10-12 2012-09-19
iOS 4 2010-06-21 2011-10-12
iPhone OS 3 2009-06-17 2010-06-21
iPhone OS 2 2008-07-11 2009-06-17
iPhone OS 1 2007-06-29 2008-07-11

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MacOS Downloads

How to download and install macOS

To get versions before these, you need to download them without the App Store. Currently, Apple offers direct links going as far back as OS X Yosemite (10.10).

  • 10.12 macOS Sierra
  • 10.11 OS X El Capitan
  • 10.10 OS X Yosemite Also, be aware that some of these older downloads will come as a .dmg file. To use those, you need to double-click them so they’re mounted. Then run the .pkg file inside them. This will add the relevant macOS installer to your Applications folder.

macOS Sonoma 14 Installers

MacOS Ventura 13 Installers

macOS Monterey 12 Installers

MacOS Monterey 12 (Direct InstallAssistant.pkg links):

macOS Big Sur 11 Installers

macOS Big Sur 11

(Direct link to installers:)

macOS Catalina 10.15, Mojave 10.14, High Sierra 10.13 Installers

macOS Sierra 10.12, OS X El Capitan 10.11, OS X Yosemite 10.10 Installers

Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Installers

Many of these MacOS installers arrive as InstallAssistant.pkg files that will extract the full installer into the /Applications folder on the Mac.

New versions of MacOS installers are typically available through the Mac App Store, accessed through a computer that is compatible with the latest Mac system software release.

Older versions of Mac OS X installers can often be downloaded as well, but from different sources.

For earlier versions of Mac OS X, including Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9, Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6, Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, and before, the process to obtain those installers differs a bit.

Additional Download Methods

Downloading MacOS Installers via Terminal

Mac users can download the latest macOS installer available from the Terminal by using the following command string:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer

You can also download specific installer versions by using the following syntax, replacing the asterisks with version number:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version **.**.*

For example, to get macOS 11.3.1 the syntax would be as follows:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 11.3.1

Downloading Mac OS X Installers from App Store “Purchases”

If you had at one point in time purchased or downloaded a version of MacOS or Mac OS X from the Mac App Store, then you should be able to re-download it from the Mac App Store by going go the “Purchases” section. This can typically be used to access downloads for installers for MacOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, 10.9 Mavericks, and 10.8 Mountain Lion, though there are some caveats and exceptions.

  1. Open the App Store
  2. Go to the “Purchases” section (newer App Store versions must go to Account > Purchases)
  3. Scroll down the list of Purchased items to locate the Mac OS X Installer version you wish to re-download, then click on the download button

This works particularly well if the Mac you’re downloading the software onto is running an older version of Mac OS X.

This approach for re-downloading older OS X installers from App Store Purchases section works for obtaining many older versions of Mac OS X, particularly if the machine doing the downloading is running an older Mac release too. For example, re-downloading Mavericks from Yosemite, whereas if you’re running the App Store from newer versions of MacOS you’d need to follow the links further above to download the installers directly, or via the App Store links.

Downloading 10.6 Mac OS X Snow Leopard

If you’re a registered Apple developer then you may be able to download Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Mac OS X Leopard directly from Apple ADC using the following links:

Downloading / Buying Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion, Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Apple also sells some older Mac OS X versions (10.8, 10.7, 10.6) for convenience:

If you have a Mac computer and have connected an Apple ID to the Apple Store, then you may be able to download that OS version for free in the future even if it was one of the Paid versions. Unsure if you first have to "purchase" it in the store to add it to your library (purchased app history for free) and have future rights to download it again using the App store.

Create a macOS Recovery Disk

Rescue disc, bootable recovery drive for Macs

  • Format a 16GB (or larger) thubdrive as Mac OS Extended
  • Download a MacOS installer (usually from the Apple App Store)
  • sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Drive

    replace Install macOS Big Sur.app with your downloaded installer package. replace /Volumes/Drive with your USB thumbdrive mount path.

Other Downloads

Bootcamp

Macs with Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, etc) do not support Boot Camp (only Windows virtualization).

Bootcamp manuals and downloads

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